This week’s Unsung Heroes are a no-brainer.
Too many to count, they worked a couple of miles from Westport. But they made a gigantic impact on our town.
Less than 3 days after Thrusday’s horrific accident closed I-95 in both directions, the fire-damaged Fairfield Avenue overpass at Exit 15 had been demolished.
Northbound traffic flowed once again on Saturday night. Southbound traffic resumed a day later.
It was a remarkable effort, by engineers, demolition workers, pavers and line painters, state and federal Department of Transportation officials, Connecticut State Police and their local counterparts, Governor Lamont, and many others.
I-95 bridge repair, last Saturday.
Traffic in Westport was bad, for a couple of days. It could have been much worse, for far longer.
Another shout-out goes to Westport Police, who had their hands full with the spillover traffic. Special kudos to Ryan Paulsson.
“06880” reader Werner Liepolt wrote that Westport’s Deputy Police Chief “promptly cut truckers off from a left turn onto Greens Farms Road, after learning of numerous big trucks over running sidewalks” on Bridge Street and Imperial Avenue.
Thanks to all those listed above, we were back — remarkably quickly — to just our own bad drivers.
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A huge thank you to all the workers who so swifty cleared the bridge, and repaired 95. Traffic in Norwalk was a nightmare. I thank all our local police for their hard work. It was a long weekend, and everyone did a great job!